Etruscan Roman RemainsCosimo, Inc., 2007 M01 1 - 400 páginas The Etruscans are one of history's great mysteries -- a sophisticated society that flourished at the heart of the Classical world and then vanished, leaving relatively few archaeological remains and few records of their culture. The Etruscans were adept at magic, and Etruscan books of spells were common among the Romans but they have not survived. While greatly influenced by the Greeks, the Etruscans retained elements of an ancient non-Western culture, and these archaic traits contributed greatly to the civilization once thought of as purely Roman (gladiators, for example, and many kinds of divination). Leland retrieves elements of Etruscan culture from the living popular traditions of remote areas of the Italian countryside where belief in "the old religion" survives to an astonishing degree. Recorded when many of these secret beliefs and practices were fading away, this remarkable volume deals with ancient gods, spirits, witches, incantations, prophecy, medicine, spells, and amulets, giving full descriptions, illustrations, and instructions for practice. |
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... remarkable piéce de manu- facture ever presented to the public . What will strike many readers as strange is that there should have existed to the present day - though it is now rapidly disappearing - in a Roman Catholic country , an ...
... remarkable piéce de manu- facture ever presented to the public . What will strike many readers as strange is that there should have existed to the present day - though it is now rapidly disappearing - in a Roman Catholic country , an ...
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... witch- craft from Italian strege far surpasses it . " I too was among the shadows . " There are many people , even Italians , who will say , " It is very remarkable that we never heard of any association of witches nor 10 INTRODUCTION.
... witch- craft from Italian strege far surpasses it . " I too was among the shadows . " There are many people , even Italians , who will say , " It is very remarkable that we never heard of any association of witches nor 10 INTRODUCTION.
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... remarkable legends , myths , and folk - lore items of all kinds , but who told me that my two Abenaki friends were noted repositories or living chronicles of such learning . As for the authenticity of the legends , there is hardly one ...
... remarkable legends , myths , and folk - lore items of all kinds , but who told me that my two Abenaki friends were noted repositories or living chronicles of such learning . As for the authenticity of the legends , there is hardly one ...
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... remarkable resemblance of the whole find , and the manner in which it was obtained , to the legends and other lore which I have got together in these pages . These , too , have come down from old Roman times ; some are sadly battered ...
... remarkable resemblance of the whole find , and the manner in which it was obtained , to the legends and other lore which I have got together in these pages . These , too , have come down from old Roman times ; some are sadly battered ...
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... remarkable chance that I hit upon , in Florence , the one person of all others who had an innate love of sorcery , strange tales , and old songs , who was herself a fortune - teller , and had been taught the old names of spirits and ...
... remarkable chance that I hit upon , in Florence , the one person of all others who had an innate love of sorcery , strange tales , and old songs , who was herself a fortune - teller , and had been taught the old names of spirits and ...
Contenido
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LARES LASA | 80 |
VII TITUNOALBINAVERBIODUSIOREMLEJANO MEANA MONTULGA TALENAPICO | 122 |
CHAP PAGE | 251 |
THE EXORCISM OF DEATHTHE SPELL OF THE CRADLE DIVINATION WITH LEAD | 303 |
EVIL INCANTATIONSTHE SPELL OF THE HOLY STONE AND THE SALAGRANATHE | 326 |
LETTERED CYLINDER | 362 |
ROMAN SLINGSTONE | 373 |
377 | |
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Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition (Classic Reprint) Charles Godfrey Leland Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
Términos y frases comunes
amulet ancient Aplu appears beautiful Befania believe Bella Marta Benevento bewitched buona fortuna burning called Carmenta casa charm child Christian church Corredoio cosi cure curious daughter declared deities devil Diana divination dream earth Etruria Etruscan evil eyes Faflon fairy Feronia fire Florence folk-lore folletto fortuna fortune Fufluns girl give goblins goddess gods grazia gypsy hair heathen incantation invocation Italian Italy kind king lady Lares Larunda Lasii Latin legend light live Losna lover luck magic Magonia MARCELLUS Mater Matuta midnight mother mysterious myth mythology never night Nortia observed old woman once pass Patána peasant pig-pen possa pray PRELLER priest reader regards religion remarkable Romagna Romagnola Roman Saint Schedius sempre song sorcery soul spell spirit stone story strange strega tale Téramó thee things thou art Tinia Turanna Tuscan unto voglio witch witchcraft wizard word
Pasajes populares
Página 26 - The babe was born at the first peep of day ; He began playing on the lyre at noon, And the same evening did he steal away Apollo's herds...